Friday, May 29, 2009

21 Kids on Your Dime

"...A man aged 29 has fathered 21 children with 11 different women, it emerged yesterday.

Desmond Hatchett's brood came to light after authorities in Tennessee in the U.S. took him to court for non-payment of child support.

He has apparently set a U.S. record but said: 'It just happened.'

Hatchett, who earns a minimal wage, told TV reporters he knows the names and ages of all his offspring.

Their ages range from newborn to 11 years old.

Authorities in Knoxville said they plan to take half of his monthly salary to pay for the youngsters but officials said that would work out to just over [$1.61] a week for each.

His lawyer Keith Pope said: 'The children can't all be supported by Desmond, so the state of Tennessee has had to step in.'Many Knoxville residents called for him to be castrated.

He even boasted of fathering four children by different women in the same year..." (source)

I have to wonder what the staunchest Libertarian, or the Cato Institute, would say about this... How many kids do taxpayers foot the bill for before those taxpayers get a say? This is disgusting and each and every one of the 11 mothers should have a psych eval. Ugh.